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“Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest. Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!”

When young Jim Hawkins discovers a map showing the way to Captain Flint’s treasure, he and Squire Trelawney set sail on the Hispaniola to search for the buried gold. Little do they know that among their crew is the dastardly pirate Long John Silver, who has a devious plan to keep the gold all to himself. Can brave Jim outwit the most infamous pirate ever to sail the high seas? Will he escape from Treasure Island alive?

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Paperback

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9780099573036

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Robert Louis Stevenson was born in 1850 in Edinburgh. He suffered from illness throughout his life and had to spend large parts of his childhood in bed. As a result, he didn’t learn to read until he was seven or eight, but he loved to tell stories to his mother and nurse. Robert loved to travel and he spent a lot of time in his twenties travelling in Europe and writing about his experiences. When he was 26, Robert met an American woman called Fanny. They married in San Francisco in1880 and returned to Britain with Fanny’s twelve-year-old son Lloyd. That same year, during a rainy holiday in Scotland, Robert and Lloyd drew a treasure map for fun and it was this that inspired Robert to write Treasure Island. When the book was published in 1883 he dedicated it to Lloyd. In 1888 the family set off for a three-year-long tour of the South Pacific which eventually ended when they bought a house in Samoa. Robert was loved by the Samoan people and continued to write until the day he died, very suddenly, aged just 44.

What kids think

AngelofDeathon 9 March 2014

CookieMon 9 March 2013

Sherlock25on 8 March 2013

Not really to my taste, more of a boys book although it is a classic

natashakrywaldon 8 March 2013

very good book, highly recommend

ninjastickmanon 7 March 2013

Treasure island is a classic tale of an old island that captain flint buried his treasure on. Now jim, doc.spencer and the squire are sailing their way towards that island in hope of treasure! I would recommend this book for readers aged 8-12

4out of 5

Paradise56on 6 March 2013

yo ho ho its a greeeaaat book

catlover96on 6 March 2013

Treasure Island is a book filled with adventure, excitement, and danger. It’s a book that makes you stay up late into the night to find out what happens next. It’s fantastic!